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MiFID II progress summary report: Why there's still work to do April 26, 2018
Two recent events held in London — the Data Management Summit, hosted by A-Team Group, and the Thomson Reuters Risk and Compliance Summit — considered MiFID II progress and gauged the views of market participants. Key takeaways from the events included the value of a holistic approach, ...
Speech By Robert Ophèle, AMF Chairman - "How Has The European Equity Market Responded ... April 26, 2018
Four months after the implementation of MiFID2, I am pleased to see there is still a dynamic and active European equity market. This I say only partly in jest since, in the context of MiFID2, certain markets – I have in mind certain commodities derivatives markets – have actually shifted away from Europe.
Wary Brokers Sound Alarm on Mifid II's RTS 28 April 26, 2018
While most of Europe managed to survive the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive's (Mifid II's) January 3 deadline, brokers have become increasingly nervous about April 30. On that day, new rules kick in, requiring firms to disclose specific details about the venues they use and the quality ...
How non-EU firms are side-stepping Mifid II reporting April 26, 2018
In-house counsel and stock exchange sources reveal the workarounds third-country firms have found to Mifid II's exhaustive and onerous transparency obligations. From dealing exclusively with Asian subsidiaries of EU firms to making the most of Esma's 2017 venue equivalence admission for shares, ...
Exchange Execs Cast Doubt on Mifid II's Best-Ex Reports April 26, 2018
Under the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (Mifid II), trading venues, systematic internalizers and market-makers are required to disclose details on execution quality for trades that take place on their order books. Regulatory technical standard (RTS) 27 covers this, while ...
Germany: German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Provides Guidance On Regulation Of ... April 26, 2018
Regrettably, BaFin did not provide clear guidelines on how to classify tokens, or information on when a token will not be regarded as a security within the meaning of the German Securities Trading Act, or a transferable security within the meaning of Article 4 (1) (44) MiFiD II. Instead, BaFin stated that any ...
Former CEO of CFH Clearing Lars Holst Invests in RegTech Firm muinmos April 26, 2018
RegTech software solutions have become especially popular in the aftermath of the introduction of MiFIR and MiFID I and II. As rumours across the market are already swirling about the third iteration of the MiFID directive, this particular sector of the fintech industry is likely to continue its development.
SteelEye launches best execution support for RTS 27 & 28 April 26, 2018
SteelEye, a compliance technology and data analytics firm, is pleased to announce its best execution support for MiFID II's regulatory standards RTS27 & RTS 28. With RTS28 due to take effect on 30 April, financial services firms are now looking to RTS27 ahead of its deadline on 30 June 2018. SteelEye ...
NPL and Colt Partner to Provide a Critical Timing Service for MiFID II Compliance April 26, 2018
It enables firms to quickly and easily comply with stringent MiFID II regulations, safe in the knowledge that the signal will not be vulnerable to mis-calibration, jamming or spoofing. The high level of granularity of the timing solution far exceeds the smallest 100 microsecond level stipulated by the RTS 25 ...
Exclusive: Lars Holst invests in Regtech firm muinmos April 26, 2018
The company's cloud-based PASS software instantly and globally categorises clients in accordance with MiFID II in the EU or as equivalent in the rest of the world (KYCC), and instantly determines whether a financial institution can on-board a client to trade in a particular service (KYS), product (KYP) ...

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